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How to read a decimal number in Spanish?

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Hi, I'm a programmer in Korea.

I'm generatine a module which transform number into reading in Spanish.

I found a similar question and read the answer, so I know 0,25 is read like below "cero coma veinticinco"

Add, I got a tip about the role of comma(,) and dot(.) is switched when writing a number comparing with English

Here is my first question.

if i want to write "one thousand dot two" by number, In Spanish, do i have to write like "1.000,2" in all case? never "1,000.2?

Scondly, Decimal part is read like reading integer? For example, "0,25" needs to be read "cero coma veinticinco"? not "cero coma dos cinco"? then, how to read this? "3.1415926535" "tres coma mil cuatrocientos quince millones novecientos veintiséis mil quinientos treinta y cinco"???

Finally, if a number less than 0, how to read the "minus" character? if I just put "menos" befor read a number part, Is that right? For example, "-0,25" is "menos cero coma veinticinco?"

These are all my question. Please answer this qeustion ASAP. Thanks.

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updated Aug 29, 2013
posted by 005c914f

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I don't know the answer, but I can help correct some of your English.

What you wrote should read:

Note: I bolded things you should add and struck-out things you should remove.,

Hi, I'm a programmer in Korea.

I'm generatineg a module which transforms a number into its Spanish reading in Spanish.

I found a similar question and read the answer, so I know 0,25 is read like below as "cero coma veinticinco"

AddAnd, I got a tip about read that the roles of the comma(,) and the dot(.) is are switched when writing a number in Spanish, comparing withcompared to English

Here is my first question.:

If iI want to write "one thousand dot two" *by as a number, Iin Spanish, do iI have to write like it as "1.000,2" in all cases? nNever as "1,000.2?

Secondly, the Ddecimal part is read like reading an integer? For example, does "0,25" needs to be read "cero coma veinticinco"? nNot "cero coma dos cinco"? tThen, how to do you read this?: "3.1415926535", "tres coma mil cuatrocientos quince millones novecientos veintiséis mil quinientos treinta y cinco"???

Finally, if a number is less than 0, how to do you read the "minus" character sign? if I just put "menos" before read a the number part, Iis that right? For example is, "-0,25" is "menos cero coma veinticinco?"

These are all my question. Please answer this qeustion question ASAP. Thanks.

Your English is good, but there are a few things that improving on would help a lot.

The first is that all sentences should start with a capital letter. You capitalize a lot in places where you shouldn't and you often leave the word "i" as a lowercase letter when it should be capitalized. Brushing up on capital letters vs. lowercase ones will help a lot.

Secondly, the phrase "How to read" does not exist in English. Every time you used it, you should have said "How do you read" or "How does one read".

If you fix just those two things, your English will be really good.

updated Aug 29, 2013
edited by HackerKing
posted by HackerKing